Norfolk's Grassroots Football Award Winners 2020 Announced
Without the commitment of our army of volunteers, clubs and leagues in Norfolk would struggle to survive and it is the dedication and enthusiasm of such individuals that makes the game so special.
After a record-breaking number of nominations over a six week period, an independent judging panel selected winners and highly commended awards across nine different categories and those in receipt of an award were informed via letter this week.
The winners of this year's awards are as follows:
- Club of the Year – Costessey Sports FC
- Coach of the Year – Leah Newcombe
- Highly commended: Gary Howes
- Grounds Team of the Year – Carl Nicholls
- League of the Year – North West Norfolk League
- Highly commended: Norfolk Combined Youth Football League
- Match Official of the Year – Egidijus Amsiejus
- Highly commended: Ben Green & Jaden Lister
- Project of the Year – Great Yarmouth Town (NHS Fundraising Project)
- Rising Star of the Year – Callum Kirby
- Highly commended: Harry Bland & Jess Newton
- Volunteer of the Year – Chris Brown
- Highly commended: Jackie Price & Ray Ewart
- We Only Do Positive – Dan Henry (Costessey Sports Respect Video)
We still have plans to recognise ‘in person’ each of our winners and those highly commended, ideally via an awards ceremony, however this is something we are naturally just parking for the time-being and we will be back in touch once we are in position to confirm our plans for this.
The club would like to say a massive well done Leah for achieving this award and very well deserved as Leah and Rachel have worked very hard to support the Girls development over the last couple of years and are a credit to this club.
Leah commented, I love coaching the girls and seeing them progress over the last few years has been amazing. They really are an amazing group of girls and I can’t wait to see how they continue to progress in the future. I am over the moon that I won Grassroots Coach of the Year and it is really nice that the hard work and time that both myself and Rachel put in is appreciated.